The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-08-18

A good farm for sale, apply to F. P.
Baxter.
DEAR COMET Report (Which you
know is generally liar) says that q
gentleman called at one of our city
stores and asked if they had any
cuspidoers. The salesman told him
they did not keep doors OF any kind
but he might get them at the Johnson
City Furniture Company,
The Bristol Courier says "an excel
lent engineer says the G. G. & G. road
can be built to Jonesboro for 100000
less than to Johnson City" What an
idea That amount will build the road
from the Iron mountain to Estillville
according to Col. Matson's estimate.
If the people who oppose the Three
C's coming to Johnson City would
confne themselves to facts they
would say less against it.
1t is amusing to hear citizens from
neighboring towns say Johnson City
has no assurance the G. G. & G. rail
road will pass through it, has never
even been thought ofby the officials.
Perhaps they. will be surprised to
learn that Johnson City is headquar-
tiers for the Northern division and
Rock Hill, S. c., is headquarters for
the Southern division.
Just as we were going to press we
learned that a colored girl, daughter of
Tom Reynolds, in Guntown, was acct
dentally shot and instantly killed yes
terday morning by Henry Smith col
ored. 1t seems that Smith had been
handling the gun rather carelessly
and had been told to put it up before
it was discharged. The case should be
thoroughly investigated. There is too
much careless handling of fire arms
ROgerSUiHe Review.
Gen. J. T. Rosser, of the University
of Virginia, Mrs. w. G. Darlington
and daughter, Miss Turner, OF Bristol,
spent last Saturday night at the Pied
mont House returning from Cloud
land. Gen. Rosser is president of the
New South Improvement Company
and was here on business concerning
the company. He has nothing to do
with the G. G. & G. road and was not
correctly quoted in the Courier last
week.
Mr.. W. K. McCalmon left Tuesday
for his home at Smithville, Ohio. Mr..
McCalmon is fresco painter and has
been here for several months at work
on the Piedmont House. He is a fine
workman as a glimpse at his work will
testify. The old City Hotel under
the almost magic touch of the two
painters, McCalmon and Lee Wilt
man, has been transformed into
the Piedmont House and is to-day
tho handsomest hotel in East Tennes-
see. Every room in the house has
been painted in oil and the ceiling
frescoed. The parlor and Office ars
handsomely done but the dining room
is really jem. The ceiling is deco
rated with flowers and fruits and the
walls with handsome frieze and dado
We are proud OF our hotel, and justlj
so.
Married, in the Methodist episcopa
Church, at Roam Mountain, Tenn.
Aug. 18th, 1887 at o'clock, P. M. BY
Rev. Thomas s. Walker, pastor o
Oakland circuit, Rev. Thomas B Rus
sell Presiding Elder of Greenville Dis
trict, to Miss Margaret Ella Wellborn
daughter of Thomas S. and Mary A
Wellborne, of Johnson City, Tenn
The attendants were Rev. J. O.Straly
OF Roam Mountain, and Miss Matti
Snyder OF Hartford, Kansas, Rev.
w. Matney, Jr. of Grand Memoria
University and Miss Ollie Broyles, O
Johnson City. Mr. Russell is wei
known throughout our southern work
especially by the Holeston Confeienc
Of which he has been secretary so lon
as an energetic, efficient and earnes
minister of the gospel. The accom-
plished and beautiful bride is tn
youngest sister of the Rev. J. B. We'll
borne of the Des Moins conference
: We wish the happy and inteligen
couple long and successful life in tn
. uOLlOIdDlS H5lu VI Ill6 hCJuUulSG IHluls
ter, remembering that "they that b
wise shall shine as the brightest of tn
armament and they that turn man,
to righteousness as the stars for eve
and ever" May their burdens b
Z made light by honor and respect, thei
5 home lighted by devotion, and ma
] they ever drink deep from the swee
> fountain of conjugal love and pros
5 perity. T. W. MATNEY JR.
TO the Patrons Of the sBOhnSO
City Graded School.
The first term of this school wi